Motor-car body



April 6 1926. v 1,579,644

v. CANDELARESI MOTOR CAR BODY Filed Jan. 14, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 V.CANDELARESI April 6 1926. v 1,579,644

MOTOR CAR BODY iled Jan. 14, 1924 3 Sh'eetg-Sheet 5 '0 (-2 Mia]: fax! 5jg maa/ Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES.

vmezmo OANDELARESI, or LYON, raanon.

MOTOR-CAB BODY.

Application filed January 14, 1924. Serial No. 686,192.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,- Vracmo OANDE- LARESI, a subject of the King ofItaly, residing at Lyon, France, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Motor- Car Bodies, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in motor car bodies and consistsin an improved construction of body of the all Weather type.

The particular features of construction consists in articulation andlocking means in the open and closed position of the two guide-supportsor uprights for the windows of the car; means for obstructing thereceptacle of each panel after lowering the Window therein; means foractuating the up and down movement of the windows and means forcontrolling the door-handles.

The annexed drawing illustrates an example of the invention in which-Fig. 1 is an outer view in elevation of the car body arranged as aclosed conveyance.

Fig. 2 shows the same arranged as an open car. v Fig. 3 is a plan viewofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side view in section of one of the sides of the closed body.Fig. 5 is a detail front view of a door 0 which the uprights are raised:to receive the window-sash.

Fig. 6 is a section of the door in the position shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7is a section of the door adapted for the open car. 4 U

Fig. 8 is a sectionon line A-A of Fig. 5 drawn to a larger scale.- Fig.9 is a section on line BB of Fig. 5..

Fig. 10 is 'a section on line'CTC of Fig. 5, of the vertical ironslimiting the rece tacles'of the sash-windows inside the pane s.

Figs. 11' to 15' illustrate means forraising and lowering'the windowsandmodified methods of mounting the windows; of these figursz- I Fig. 11is a view in-front elevation of a carriage frame of which the window hasbeen partially raised by the control device. Fig. 12 is a verticalsection of Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is an outer front view of a panel frame into, which the windowhas been lowered.

Fig. 14 is a detail section ona larger scale on line A-Aof Fig. 13,showing the upper part of the frame of which the sash has been lowered.v

Fig. 15 is a detail section on a larger scale on line BB of Fig. 13illustrating the method of assembling-two. panels of which one ismovable.

The -carriage body of usual forrh' illusv trated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, isprovidedvwith a roof I) of any ordinary'known type capable of beingextended as shown in Fig. 1 or of being folded up as shown in Figs. 2and 3.

The two doors 1 and 2 placed on each side of the carriage body and thepanel 3 which separates these doors; are provided with verticallymovable windows 0.. The back panels 4 of the carriage body may beprovided with a' pivotal window (I which can be turned towards thecentre of the carriage .to' constitutea-wind-screen (Figs. 2 and 3)' orit" may be a sash window similar to windows'c.

Each sash-window c is housed in a recess 0 provided. in the thickness ofa panel of the carriage wall the panel being bounded on itssides by twovertical irons" f, 7 shown in projectionsh between which are articulateduprights 11 z shown'in section in Figs. 8 and I '9. The two uprightsfxi11 have inner grooves j for guiding the sash-window c and the outersurface of the upright i is provided.

with a second roove 7 into'which fits the .upright 21" of the adjacentpanel. The two uprights i? situated on the side of'the "closflange Informing-a double abutment.

Each upright i, i is limited at its lower end by a ;stop Z bearing onthe carriage frame when the upright is raisedto its verng of the doorare eachprovided with a tical'position'. One of the connecting hooks ofthe uprights i, 71 is extended 'by an abutment lion which isarticulateda rod 72% provided with a spring m and the end of which is engaged in ahole n of a projection n belonging to the iron I or f.

At the top of each panel are articulated two tongue pieces 25 mounted onhinges t and provided with abutment ieces t.

The devices for opening t e doors com- I prises a lever actuated bymeans of the outer handle 0 of the car and pivoted to a support 12secured vertically against one of the uprights of the frame of the door.This lever o carries a rod Q connected at the other end to one of theends of a horizontal bal' ance lever 1- articulated in a bracket piece1'. To the other end of the lever r is attached a second rod 9 the upperend of which is secured to a working lever s of the door lock 8 When thecar is arranged as an open conveyance (Fig. 2) all the windows arelowered into the panels of the carriage body. Above the window-sashes careplaced horizontally the jointed uprights 2' 71 and the upper end ofthe recess e of each panel is obstructed by thetongue pieces t which areturned down one againstthe' other (Fig. 7).

To open the doors, the. lever '0, balance lever r and rod-gear g, gallow of actuating the lever s of the lock 8 on the'other'side of thewindow-sash a.

In order to transform the car into a closed conveyance by junction ofthe sash-windows with the roof which has previously been extended, thetwotongue-pieces t are separated and the two uprights i, z" aresuccessively raised into the position shown in Fig. 6. These uprightsare kept vertical owing to the pressure on the abutments l} of thesprings m mounted on the rods m, the ends of which'are extended throughholes n of the projection n of the irons f, f.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the two adjacent upri hts i, i fit into oneanother while the uprig t i situated at the swinging side of the door isprovided at its outer side with a flange k which enables it to rest onthe adj acent upright, which is also provided with a similar flange kintende to form a watertight closure for the door.

The upper ends of the uprights '5, i 11 by resting against the frameworkof the roofing b in suitable shaped recesses are held in a most rigidmanner and their grooves j allow of raising thewindows c by the controldevices hereinaftendescribed. The two ton e pieces t, the sseparation ofwhich afford s v a passage for the windows 0 form junctions between thepanels and the raised windows.

Referring to Figs. 11 to 15. V In the recess. e provided in a panel ofusual form afrahne 0 slides vertically. The

inner faces of this frame are provided with f channels to allow thedisplacement of the window 0 which can slide in said channels.

this locking At the upper part of the frame 0 is secured .a horizontalmoulding b which can abut against the cant-rail b of the hood (Fig. 2)when the frame 0 is raised, orcover the opening of the recess 6 .0f thecarriage panel when the frame is lowered.

At the centre of the lower side of the sash window a is arranged abracket piece 1 connected by means of a series-of jointed connectingrods 2- to a lowe x;.'-bracket piece 3- fastened-on thebottohfdf therecess e of the panel.

One of the connecting pivots 2 of two connecting rods 2 is .madedntegralwith a nut 4 in which is screwed a screw threaded rod 4 which-carries acone pinion 5 actuated by a bevelled gearwheel 5 bymeans of a crank 5".

In the thickness of the panel and opposite the frame a it suffices toactuate the crank 5" which controls the rotation of the screw 4 in thenut 4 of which the ascending displacement is multiplied by the threearticulations of the connecting rods 2. When the moulding bencountersjthe hood 6 it exerts pressure on a joint bf and a tightclosure. 1s

- formed.

The frame 0 of the sash window 0 is thus completely secured and cannotdrop under the effect of vibrations.

The water-tightness of each raised frame 0 belonging toa door panel issecured by the rims 0" which overlap the upright of the adjacent frame 0(Fig. 5).

To ensure the fixlty of each raised frame 0 in its respective panel itsuffices to lock the screw 6 which exerts pressure on the said frame andprevent its vibration. Moreover of the frame 0 has the effect of keeping1t raised and of allowing the window sash alone to descend und thecontrol of the handle 5" (Fig. 1). The vehicle/can thus be transformedinto a closed carriage of which all the windows can be more or lessopened atwill remaining immovable in the position to wh1ch they havebeen brought by the mechanical control.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is In a-motor car body having hollow fixed side panelsand hollow door panels, sashwindows normally lying in said hollowpanels, Vertical side irons in said panels having grooves inwhich saidsash wlndows can slide, uprights hinged to said vertical side irons,said uprights being grooved on each side, flanges on said uprights,spring governed means for maintaining said uprights in verticalextension of said side irons,

tongue pieces extending alon the to edges of said hollow side panels andhinge thereto and means for raising or lowering said 10 sash-Windows. IIn witness whereof I have slgned thls specification.

VIRGILIO OANDELARESI.

